Quotes of: Call Keyword

Hubris calls for nemesis, and in one form or another it's going to get it, not as a punishment from outside but as the completion of a pattern already started.

The Myths We Live by

He could look into your eyes and without saying a word assure you that you were the most fascinating woman in the world and call you beautiful in six languages.

Meant to be Mine

I couldn’t bring myself to call him either “Bill,” which would signal friendly familiarity, or “Doctor Vogel,” which would imply respect.

The Musubi Murder

....and I'll know that this is what you live for - to hear someone say. "Let's go home," to hear someone you love call your name.

The Myth of You and Me

The Gaians sneered at the Zhore behind their backs, calling them pacifists, as if that word were an insult, but Lirzhan did not take it as such. A peaceful solution was always best, but if one did not present itself, then so be it.

The Mandala Maneuver

From the first she showed a curious sensitivity to what, I suppose, may be called the 'influences' of the place. She said it 'smelled' of ghosts and warlocks.

The Moon Pool

... and someone he scarcely knew moved towards him and knelt beside him and whispered, 'Sir, was you calling out for me? ... Sir, I know ... I know,' and touched him.

Maurice

...Night has chosen thee; thy death will be thy birth. Night calls to thee; harken to Her sweet voice. Your destiny awaits you at the House of Night.

Marked

For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time. Still, it was a close call.

Moon Over Soho

My name is Jimmy, but my friends just call me the hideous penguin boy.

The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

The novella will be called, I think, “The Messiah of Stockholm.” It takes place in Stockholm. I’d better say no more, or the Muse will wipe it out.

The Messiah of Stockholm

He had found the thing which the modern people call Impressionism, which is another name for that final scepticism which can find no floor to the universe.

The Man Who Was Thursday

Everything. Everywhere. Every moment. That is the scope of God's call on our lives, and that is the dignity our lives enjoy.

Making the Best of It: Following Christ in the Real World

Raven: The Reverend Mr Larynx has been called off on duty, to marry or bury (I don't know which) some unfortunate person or persons, at Claydyke:...

Nightmare Abbey

Work is a vehicle with which man chases some fleeting destination called a full tummy.

N for Nigger: Aphorisms for Grown Children and Childish Grown-ups

What is society but an individual? [...] The ocean is not society; it is individuals. This was how I managed to gain a modicum of freedom from my terror at the illusion of the ocean called the world.

No Longer Human

The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self.

In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership

I'd like to have a good long talk with you once you've calmed down. Please call me soon. Happy Birthday.

Norwegian Wood

As a species we're doomed by hope, then? You could call it hope. That, or desperation. But we're doomed without hope, as well, said Jimmy. Only as individuals, said Crake cheerfully.

Oryx and Crake

I didn’t call her, but the phone works two ways. So does my love.

Love quotes for the ages. Specifically ages 18-81.

Even despotism does not produce its worst effects, so long as individuality exists under it; and whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called, and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctio...

On Liberty